‘Personal Information’ means any information or an opinion about an identified individual, or an individual who is reasonably identifiable:

whether the information or opinion is true or not; and

whether the information or opinion is recorded in a material form or not.

‘Related Companies’ has the same meaning as related bodies corporate as defined in section 50 of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth).

‘Sensitive Information’ is a sub set of Personal Information defined as:

information or an opinion about an individual’s:

racial or ethnic origin; or

political opinions; or

membership of a political association; or

religious beliefs or affiliations; or

philosophical beliefs; or

membership of a professional or trade association; or

membership of a trade union; or

sexual orientation or practices; or

criminal record; or

health information about an individual; or

genetic information about an individual that is not otherwise health information.; or

biometric information that is to be used for the purpose of automated biometric verification or biometric identification; or

biometric templates.

‘You’ and ‘Your’ refers to Our customers and prospective customers. It also refers to users of Our web site.

OUR COMMITMENT We recognise that your privacy is very important to You. We are committed to protecting the privacy of Your Personal Information in accordance with the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth).

The Privacy Act details Australian Privacy Principles that set minimum standards for how government agencies and private sector organisations may collect, use, disclose, store, provide access to Personal Information.

We are committed to complying with the Australian Privacy Principles.

CURRENCY AND STATUS OF OUR PRIVACY POLICY Our current privacy policy is detailed below. It is current as of and from 15 December 2015. We suggest that You read it thoroughly.

This policy may change from time to time and all changes will be posted on Our web site so please check it periodically. Alternatively, You can contact the Privacy Officer on +61 (02) 9842 4800 or by sending an email to privacy@petinsurance.com.au and request a copy of Our most recent policy.

Whenever using Our web site You should read this policy in conjunction with Our Terms of Use.

PERSONAL INFORMATION WE COLLECT The Personal Information We collect depends on the products and services We offer You or You use or apply for. Typically the details We collect and hold include Your name, contact details (address, phone and fax number, email address) date of birth, gender and payment details. We may also collect information that is specific to a particular product. This includes details of Your pet and its veterinary history.

We do not collect ‘Sensitive Information’.

Unless it is impracticable, You have the option of interacting with Us anonymously or by using a pseudonym. For example, You may visit and browse Our website and use some of Our online facilities without having to reveal any Personal Information.

HOW WE COLLECT YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION We collect Your Personal Information in various ways, including via telephone, Our website, forms you may complete and submit, obtaining an online quote, email, entry into a competition or surveys that you participate in.

Whenever You deal with Us We will collect this information directly from You unless it is unreasonable or impracticable for Us to do so. In some instances We may collect Your information from someone else. This may include Our authorised representatives, Our distributors, referrers, agents, business partners, Related Companies, member loyalty or rewards program providers, veterinary service providers, another party involved in a claim, family members, anyone You have authorised to deal with Us on Your behalf, and/or Our legal or other advisers.

If You provide Personal Information to Us about another person, We rely on You to have made or make them aware that You will, or may, provide their information to Us and the types of third parties We may provide it to, the relevant purposes We and any of the third parties will use it for and how they can access it. If You have not done, or will not do either of these things, You must tell Us before You provide the relevant Personal Information.

A number of interactive tools or facilities may be available on Our web site. If You use any of these tools or facilities, We generally do not collect Your Personal Information unless a particular tool permits You to suspend or save information and recover those details at a later time. In these circumstances, Your Personal Information may be retained on Our systems but is not processed or used by Us except that it may be used for the purposes of online quoting and subsequent follow up.

From time to time We may request Personal Information from You through competitions or surveys. Participation in these competitions or surveys is completely voluntary and You, therefore, have the choice of whether or not You disclose the Personal Information requested. We may use Personal Information We collect through surveys or questionnaires to assess Your satisfaction with Our products and services and to determine how We may be able to better service Your needs.

WHY WE COLLECT AND HOW WE USE PERSONAL INFORMATION We generally collect Personal Information to provide or offer you the various products and services We offer or otherwise as permitted by law. Such purposes include responding to Your enquiries, providing You with assistance You request of Us, maintaining and administering Our products and services (for example processing requests for quotes, applications for insurance, underwriting and pricing policies, issuing You with a policy, managing claims, processing payments); processing Your survey or questionnaire responses; market research and the collection of general statistical information using common internet technologies such as cookies; providing You with marketing information regarding other products and services (of Ours or a third party); quality assurance and training purposes; performing administrative operations (including accounting and risk management) and any other purpose identified at the time of collecting Your information.

If You do not consent to Us collecting and using all or some of the Personal Information We request, We may not be able to provide You with Our products or services such as processing Your application for insurance, Your claim or any payment due to You. It may also prevent Us from maintaining or administering Your policy or the provision of information regarding Our products or services or those of any third party.

We use Personal Information We may collect through competitions to determine prize winners, award prizes and notify winners. We use Personal Information We may collect through surveys or questionnaires to assess Your satisfaction with Our products and services and to determine how We may better service Your needs. We, and Our Related Companies, may also use Personal Information You provide for research and statistical analysis.

COOKIES AND THE COLLECTION OF INFORMATION THROUGH OUR WEBSITE We may use a cookie that collects anonymous traffic data. A cookie is a message given to a web browser by a web server and which is then stored in a text file. Each time the browser requests a page from the server this message is sent back which enables the user’s computer address (IP address) to be identified.

We may use the information provided by cookies and IP addresses to analyse trends, administer the site, or for research and marketing purposes to help Us better serve Our clients. No information which personally identifies You will be collected through the cookies. You can set Your browser to notify You before You receive a cookie so You have the chance to accept it and can set Your browser to turn off cookies. No information which personally identifies You will be collected as part of these cookies.

DIRECT MARKETING On occasion, We, and Our Related Companies, or other third parties with whom We have a relationship, may use Your Personal Information to offer You products and services which We believe may be of interest to You.

We may share Your Personal Information with Our Related Companies, the issuer and administrator of Your financial product (please refer to Your Product Disclosure Statement), and other third parties who provide services to Us or on Our behalf. Your insurer and administrator may also share Your information with its related parties and service providers. To find out more about how the insurer and administrator discloses information please refer to their privacy policy or the privacy statement as provided in Your Product Disclosure Statement.

We will not share Your Personal Information with any unrelated party except under the following circumstances:

in accordance with this Privacy Policy;

as provided in a collection notice We give You;

where a product or service You apply for is provided or supplied by or through a third party;

where a third party, such as a mailing house, carries out activities on Our behalf;

if disclosure is otherwise required in order to provide You with a particular product or service;

in order to ensure Our ability to continue providing products and services;

if disclosure is required for the purposes of conducting business analysis in order to improve Our products and services;

if disclosure is required by law or requested by a statutory authority; including the Financial Ombudsman Service, other dispute resolution providers, government bodies, regulators and other law enforcement agencies;

where a third party has an interest in the product or service We supply, for example the insurer, administrator, a referral agent, distributor or insurance intermediary;

where it is necessary for a third party to assist Us in providing Our services or where We seek professional advice, for example, underwriters, insurance intermediaries, reinsurers, insurance reference bureaus, credit providers, external IT service providers, external claims data collectors and verifiers, lawyers, accountants, actuaries, veterinarians and others involved in the claims handling process; and

where you have provided Your consent to the use or disclosure – which may be given expressly or may reasonably be implied by Your conduct.

Your Personal Information may also be disclosed to some of the service providers of the administrator of Your financial product (please refer to Your Product Disclosure Statement) who are located overseas, including but not limited to the Philippines. Details of who they are may change from time to time. You can contact Us for details. In some cases We may not be able to take reasonable steps to ensure they do not breach the Privacy Act and they may not be subject to the same level of protection or obligations that are offered by the Privacy Act. By proceeding to acquire Our services and products You agree that You cannot seek redress under the Privacy Act or against Us (to the extent permitted by law) and may not be able to seek redress overseas.

Related and unrelated third parties to whom Your Personal Information is disclosed are required to keep the information confidential and only use it for the same purposes We are permitted to use it.

QUALITY OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION We aim to ensure that Your Personal Information is accurate, complete and up to date.

During the course of Your relationship with Us We will ask You to inform Us of any changes to Your Personal Information. You should, however, contact Us at any time to update Your Personal Information or advise Us that the information We have is not accurate or complete.

SECURITY OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION We are committed to keeping Your Personal Information secure and will use all reasonable precautions to protect it from loss, misuse or interference and unauthorised access, modification or disclosure, including:

Physically securing external and internal premises;

Maintaining computer and network security such as user identifiers and passwords to control access to computer systems;

Restricting access to Your Personal Information to employees or those who perform services on Our behalf who are authorised to handle Your Personal Information and on a ‘needs to know’ basis;

Entering into confidentiality agreements with relevant employees and third parties;

Appropriate training of staff;

Retaining Your Personal Information for no longer than it is reasonably required to service a policy or continue to provide any products and services to You, unless We are required by law to retain it for longer; and

Taking reasonable steps to destroy or de-identify Personal Information that We no longer require or which was unsolicited and We identify that We would not have otherwise collected it from You.

ACCESS TO AND CORRECTION OF YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION You may generally access the information We hold about You and request corrections. This right is, however, subject to the exceptions detailed in the Australian Privacy Principles. For example, We may refuse access where the:

information may have an unreasonable impact on the privacy of others;

request is frivolous or vexatious;

information relates to existing or anticipated legal proceedings and would not be accessible by the process of discovery in those proceedings; or

information would reveal Our intentions in relation to negotiations in such a way as to prejudice those negotiations.

There may be instances where We cannot grant You access to the Personal Information We hold or provide access in the manner requested by You. For example, We may need to refuse access if granting access would interfere with the privacy of others or it would result in a breach of confidentiality. If that happens We will give you written reasons for the refusal.

For access to complex information or more detailed requests for access to Your Personal Information, for example, access to information that is archived, We may require You to place Your request in writing and charge You a fee for Our reasonable costs of retrieving and supplying the information to You.

In all cases you will be asked to verify who you are before Your Personal Information is provided. All requests for Personal Information will be handled in a reasonable period of time.

HOW TO CONTACT US If You have any questions, suggestions or complaints about Our privacy practices or this privacy policy, please contact the Privacy Officer using one of the following methods:

Depending upon the nature of Your enquiry We may ask You to put Your request in writing. We will respond to Your question, suggestion or complaint as soon as possible.

If You are not satisfied with Our response to Your enquiry or complaint You can contact the Privacy Officer and request that it be reviewed by a senior staff member who will endeavour to resolve Your dispute within 45 days from when you first notified Us. If You are still not satisfied We will tell You about any options You have to refer the matter to a recognised external dispute resolution scheme of which We are a member or to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (“OAIC”).

You can obtain information on privacy issues in Australia by visiting the website of the OAIC located at www.oaic.gov.au or by contacting the OAIC by email at enquiries@oaic.gov.au or by calling on 1300 363 992.

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